The Hlghacres Collegian, October 17, 1975 - 2
Name Game
If ever there were an award
for the most imaginative build-
( ing titles on a college campus \
Highacres would walk away with
top honors in the Sarcastic
Write-In category.
Where else could one find a
structure where classes are
held labeled Classroom Building,
,or a place where students live
on campus called Besidence
Hall? What great mind, equal
only to the likes of Christo**
pher Columbus, discovered that
; a building in the south section
of campus should be called
i South Building and that the
1 main building on campus should
fbe called (you guessed it) Main
Building?
Such blatant titles are re
dundant. Naming a classroom
building Classroom Building is
much like the parents of a new
born male blessing him with
the name Boy (with the excep
tion; of Tarzan and Jane, who
,swung on vines all day and
didn't know any better).
Primarily temporary names,
these titles seem to have be
come permanent. Small grpups
of students have tried to bring
about some change, but have
had very few victories. What
is needed is a total campus
effort towards electing titles
which will add some character
and college atmosphere to this
campus.
If not, sophomores and
freshmen could "be having gym
in the Physical Education
Building next year.
ANTHEM'S ORIGIN
Francis Scott Key's Star-Span
gled Banner was set to the tr
of "To Anacreon in Heaven,”
English drinking song, by sug
gestion of his brother-in-lav
in 1814.
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OfUnto*
Eighacres is a pretty good
looking place to spend some
time and money getting an ed-
ucation,; Whatever that is. The
architecture is a little heavy
on soybean extender but there
are vistas to visit, abundant
foliage to leer at, and hills
to stroll or cringe over, de-
pending on your parking stick
er, All in all a relatively
organic place, yet it's easy to
see the woods as nothing but
the periphery of the dorm-park
ing lot-Classroom-Commons-Book
store-dorm parking lot circuit.
Ma Nature's flora and fauna be
come minor hassles at best or
a sinister zone where birds
insult your head and trees mug
you: In short, no fun at all.
However, a few people are try
ing to change that.
A project to give the woods
better P.R. is underway in the
Biology Club and cross country
team with faculty support com
ing from Dr. Jerry Covert and
Mr. Elliot Eisenberg. The pro
ject is the construction of a
nature trail.
THE
HIGHACBES COLLEGIAN
MsSSSMUi
In Good With Ma Nature
by Jim Gormley
STAFF
The trail will consist of
two loops, making the shape of
a figure eight. The east loop
will enclose the area of the
new gym, soccer field, tennis
courts, and old mansion area.
The west loop, where work will
begin this term, will encompass
nthe Commons Administratio-
Classroom area. A funding re
quest, written and submitted by
Eisenberg, will supply about
$lOOO to cover costs. These
costs include a large quantity
of wood chips to be placed on
the trail to suppress minor
vegetation and to smooth it
out. Also budgeted is an oper
ation to make expendable signs
identifying various trees and
wildflowers. It is anticipated
that many persons will succumb
to the temptation of ripping
off that Educampus Puckered
Rictus sign to grace a wall in
the foyer, and many wildflowers
croak annually, their offspring
taking up residence elsewhere.
The trail will be roughed out
and chips kicked into place
beginning this term. The work-
Continued on Page 6 .
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